# 1 Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as may be notified in this behalf in the Official Gazette,--
3[(a) in relation to mines and to any other establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances, by the Central Government; and]
(b) in relation to other establishments in a State, by the State Government.
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1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
2. 1st November, 1963, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 2920 (E), dated 5th October, 1963, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 <i>(ii)</i>.
3. Subs. by Act 52 of 1973, s. 2, for clause <i>(a)</i> (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
